It was now March 2022, we drove north out of Almeria, up through the Sierra Cabrera on the A7 and through very varied landscapes, we drove through the town of Lorca with it’s massive medieval castle on the hill and headed towards Mazarron. Just outside Mazarron is a small seaside resort called Isla Plana and the campsite Los Madrilles. The reviews of the site said it was popular and usually busy in the winter months due to it’s heated indoor and outdoor pools, but we got a pitch and settled in. We had a quiet morning then caught the bus from outside the campsite into Cartagena. This is a very historic place too, we visited the Alcazaba, the roman theatre, Colosseum and the castle, all free of charge and well worth a visit to a another
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